Leigh Rathbone

Test Principal, Shop Direct

It was all about accepting change and going on the front foot with regards self-development. Take the blue pill, nothing will change, and you will die. Take the red pill, and you will open your mind through self-development, saying yes to opportunities, and evolving

I use my very own personal journey of self-development to highlight why self-development for testers is key, how I failed on this path, and how I changed and evolved. I’ll also relay the opportunities that self-development has presented to me

Take aways for attendees

A different way of thinking for self-development for themselves

Tips people can back to their teams

Realising that the status quo will lead to the death of a tester

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[divider animation_iteration=”1″ style=”divider_colored_line_2″ bottom_margin=”lessmar”][text animation_iteration=”1″]Leigh Rathbone (@Villabone) is the Test Principal at Shop Direct. Leigh’s been in the testing arena for over 18 years, testing in nine different industries, across 4 continents, and 14 countries, from utilities to telecoms, Gaming to clinical software, from financial to retail, to name a few.

He is currently involved in lots of testing initiatives within his current role which is serving as a real ‘fail fast / test and learn’ testbed. Self-development is absolutely key to Leigh’s drive and passion.

Leigh is heavily involved in building a Liverpool testing community. He is one of the co-founders of Liverpool Tester Gathering which has been running 6 months, and has over 100 attendees. They broadcasts live on Facebook and periscope, have their own professional video recorder, and record podcasts during the night.[/text]